And the people in charge don’t know how to put together a dramatic series that doesn’t suck, so this is a smart move.

They’re bringing Leno’s unique brand of political humor (soft, gushy) into prime time.

‘Cause five nights of Leno in prime are far cheaper than one episode of a dramatic series. An NBC suit admitted as such in an interview, seen on the 12/9 edition of Keith Olbermann on MSNBC’s website.

Sorry, Syco, but the two paths had been worn really about the same, not exactly the same. How could he know they were exactly the same if he had not travelled both paths?

But yeah, I’ll be glad when the era of “reality” TV is over.

Same here. Although I get so many DVDs and Blu-rays to review that I don’t have time to watch all of the ones I buy.

What I meant was that NBC isn’t any different difference from the other two major networks in their disdain for anything that’s unique and groundbreaking. Any TV series that show even a molecule or daring and originality are always at risk of either being cancelled, switched around to different time slots, or disfigured by clueless executives. What happened to the gay woman on Gray’s Anatomy? Too Butch.

Sure, House, CST, and Without A Trace aren’t bad, but The Big Three being what they are, network guys will keep these shows on longer than they should so they can squeeze the last drop of creativity that made us appreciate these shows in the first place. How watchable is Law and Order lately?

All in all, I think there’s a very good reason why the most interesting TV shows are appearing on Showtime, FX, and HBO. It’s safer.

Are you saying people don’t want Friday Night Lights because its on NBC?

Wow. That stupid even for your breed. I’m so glad you guys won’t be in charge next year. Or the year after that. And if you keep celebrating stupidity, the year after that, and so on, and so on.

Then again, it’s cowardly, wrong-headed decisions like Zucker’s that perpetuate the vicious cycle of diminishing ratings in the first place. The definition of mediocrity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. But the idea of doing something different terrifies Zucker and his herd of sheep taking up space at NBC’s executive offices.

However, the growing exodus of TV audiences from The Big Three networks is their own fault. I’d guarantee you that if innovative programs like Dexter, Breaking Bad, The Wire, In Treatment, Weeds, and others were brought to ABC, NBC, or CBS, they would have passed on every one of them. That certainly was the case with Sopranos when David Chase was shopping his mob drama around years ago before it found a home at HBO. We saw how that turned out, didn’t we?

When a generic, proud-to-be-stupid sitcom like The World According To Jim gets renewed for an eight season while Friday Night Lights teeters on the edge of cancellation, it’s no surprise that people will go someplace else to watch programs that won’t insult their intelligence.

You’d think Mr. Zucker would learn that if you built a better TV show, the viewers will come. He’ll probably ask the government for a bailout instead.

And Dennis, please help yourself to a big, steaming bowl of SYFPH.

Two roads diverged in a yellow road, and somewhat sorry they could not travel both, NBC took the path to the Left.

And that has made all the difference.